Linen Tank progress

Well, the stitches came out of my finger and it is no longer sensitive to the touch of the knitting needle, so knitting has resumed, although not at the pace I would have hoped. 

Somehow I had believed that retirement, even partial retirement, as I am still doing office bookkeeping and accounting, would afford me more time to knit and sew than has so far been the case.  Of course there are other things going on, and even office tasks are behind schedule, in part because there is no firm schedule.   I used to like to think that I was a fairly adaptable and flexible person, but I did have a schedule of sorts that I followed for maintenance around the house and for work.  I also had time to knit and sew and read.  But now it seems that keeping even the simplest schedule seems impossible and I find that I am not happy with this random slow - motion - do - what - ever - occurs - to - you  - at - the - moment kind of existence.   

So in this slow-as-molasses world where one still seems to be busy but nothing gets done, you would think I would be so grateful to escape into knitting time that I would embrace it with attention.  No so. Apparently double moss stitch is not quite as mindless as I had thought.

Or perhaps nothing is truly mindless at 3 in the morning.

Upon looking at the above photo, there are several areas where I have messed up the order of the stitches, most apparently in the wide blue stripe.  Although generally, since this is the back, I might not notice this unattractive tangle of misplaced stitches, but then again, someone else might.  I am fairly certain that, now that I am aware of its existence, visible or not, I will feel like there is a big glaring light on my backside drawing everyone's attention to that part of my anatomy which can least bear the scrutiny.

Once again, we are moving backward.

Comments

[Susan]

Semi-retirement can be fun, if you are faced with multiple tasks and have the luxury of choosing the next one to attempt. It is true that a task expands to fill the time alloted to it, and you will accomplish more tasks if you limit the time you allow yourself for each. However, you are then faced with a question of quality. With housework, I find that limiting the time can be carried to an extreme. I don't care HOW clean it is, just that I did try to clean. Tasks that produce income require more time, so that I can get it 'right'--not perfect, just correctly done.
With knitting, I find that unlimited time produces the best product. Knitting is pleasurable. Re-knitting might not be as much fun, but it is still pleasureable, and it will give me what I want--a satisfying product.

[Kathy]

Just fix the stitches with a crochet hook...no need to rip all the way back unless you like ripping for therapy....

I've noticed the younger women who write knitting blogs call ripping back, 'frogging'...I wonder the etymology of the term.

[Gina]

Remember the Rice Stitch Cardigan dilemma? When you didn't have enough yarn to realize your dreams? I told you to buy the yarn to make the project you really wanted. I am telling you know to rip that shell because those stitches will haunt you when it's time to seam.

And the title of your latest read made me laugh out loud!

[marji]

2 steps forward, one step back...such is the way I think sometimes.
Hugs GF